pop
Not Forgotten: Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day
Prior to On the Third Day, The Electric Light Orchestra looked to be in jeopardy. With co-leader Roy Wood having departed part-way through sessions for the band’s second album, and both of their albums to date being weighed down by some of the stodgiest of stodgy prog rock, things were not exactly looking promising. There …
Premiere : Jack Ellister Readies New Album ‘Telegraph Hill’; Watch Psychedelic “Mind Maneuvers” Video
Singer/songwriter Jack Ellister is readying the release of his new album Telegraph Hill, and in preparation for that he’s dropped a new video for the psych pop track “Mind Maneuvers”. A mix of 60s technicolor psych, Pink Floyd atmosphere, and early 70s mind expansion, the new album will excite anybody that loves the lilt of …
Video Premiere : Check Out Canary Islands’ “GLÖM BABY GLÖM (Radikal Rat Remix)”
Swedish pop group Canary Islands are premiering the video to their track “GLÖM BABY GLÖM (Radikal Rat Remix)” today. It’s off their newly released EP Wild Sas. Check out the video below, and give the album a listen over on Spotify.
Album Review : Phogg’s ‘Slices’
Phogg are based out of Stockholm and seem to pull influence from all parts of the psych pop world, while retaining a very distinct and original vibe all their own. Listening to their new album you can hear influences ranging from chillwave vets Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Neon Indian to Captured Tracks alum Craft …
Not Forgotten: Billy Joel – An Innocent Man
Billy Joel is a musician who has always been capable of greatness. The Stranger is a brilliant slice of singer songwriter greatness, and Cold Spring Harbor is a genuinely pretty album that remains ripe for rediscovery. He could even knock out a novelty hit like “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” with insolent ease. …
Album Review: Battery Operated Orchestra – Snare
Battery Operated Orchestra might hail from Brighton but, in a previous incarnation as Katsen, they emerged on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation. Which seemed very appropriate even then given the quality of their Kraftwerk-inspired synthpop, which would never have been out of place in the Steel City at any time over the last 30-odd years. Now …
Not Forgotten: Pugwash – Play This Intimately (As if Among Friends)
Sometimes it’s just nice to discover an act that you weren’t expecting. I first encountered the name of Pugwash when I stumbled across footage of Pugwash main man Thomas Walsh fronting Matt Berry and his backing band to deliver a storming version of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die”, but it took my longer than …
See: Harlea releases new video for ‘You Don’t Get It’
Birmingham born, London raised Harlea made quite the entrance last year with her debut tracks ‘Miss Me’ and ‘You Don’t Get It’. Now she returns with her brand-new single ‘Beautiful Mess’ out now via Absolute Label Services. ‘Beautiful Mess’ sees Harlea ready to step into the limelight. The new single is a stylish, hook filled …
Track: Ro – Diary
Hailing originally from Western Australia’s gorgeous Margaret River region, Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Ro has just released a delightful, whimsical debut single called “Diary” that wearily expounds her desire to let her lover read her diary to see what she really thinks. Ro explains: “The chorus has a bit of irony, because I don’t actually recommend giving …
A Buyers Guide to Crowded House (1986-1996)
Few acts have ever managed the career trajectory that Crowded House managed to pull off during their initial decade-long run from 1986 to 1996. Their debut album did solid business in the USA with their debut album on the back of a pair of big hit singles, while they struggled to make much of an …